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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    @Chestermiller Thanks a lot, ##u_1 =0## at that end is finally clear now. For what concerns the ##e_2 \cdot S(-e_1)=e_3 \cdot S(-e_1)=0## conditions, what happens if I drop them and I leave ##u_1=0## there? I know they means no shear stress on that end face, but I don't see physically what...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    @Chestermiller Sorry, I really misunderstood your last question. Yes, that is precisely what I got, by exploiting symmetry. I got your ##\lambda## to be ##\frac{b+\delta}{b}##, which is equivalent to yours (##b=1##).What is striking me is that to constraint the face with normal ##-e_1## to be...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    @Chestermiller For a Neo-Hookean material, I have that Cauchy is ##T = - \pi I + \mu B## where ##B=F F^t## and ##F## is the deformation gradient. Hence first Piola-Kirchoff stress is ##S=\mu F - \pi F^{-t}##. How does those relations imply the presence of a normal force on the face? Thinking...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    I reflected a bit on your last useful message @Chestermiller. It seems to me that ##u_1=0## on the surface with normal ##-e_1##, which constrains that face to do not move, implies ##e_3 \cdot S(-e_1) = e_2 \cdot S(-e_1)= e_1 \cdot S(-e_1)=0##. So first I notice that the conditon is ##u_1=0## on...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    Oh yes, now I see. Indeed Poisson's ratio quantifies the "amount of shrinking". This image also helps Therefore on my block there's only ##S_{11}## which is acting, all the other components of PK stress are ##0##. To conclude this thread, I just need another check: if I want to constrain a face...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    That's a tricky point for me: you're saying that ##S_{12}=0##, i.e. shearing on lateral faces is 0. But during the deformation those faces are "shrunk", how is it possible that there's no stress on them? I think this is the crucial point I am missing. @Chestermiller
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    I got confused, you're right. So, with the conditions I imposed after your first message, the block will be stretched along direction ##e_1##, as you said. But this implies a displacement along ##e_2##, because the two lateral surfaces will be shrunk a little bit, right? I think this has to...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    I've never done a FEA, I'm still math student. So, ##u_2=0## on the lateral surfaces makes perfectly sense: no displacement along the ##e_2## direction on the lateral faces. And with ##u_3=0## I have correctly no vertical displacement. Given those conditions only, I still can't determine the...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    First of all, thanks as usual @Chestermiller for your answer. That's what I thought: ##S_{22}=0## implies that I do not have traction on the lateral faces. And then, also ##e_3 \cdot S(-e_1) = e_2 \cdot S(-e_1)=0## implies no shearing on the face with normal ##-e_1##. And ##e_2 \cdot S(e_1) =...
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    Set up boundary conditions for a simple elasticity problem

    [Mentor Note -- Thread moved to the ME forum to get better views] Let's consider an incompressible block of Neo-Hookean material. Let the initial reference geometry be described by ##B=[0,b] \times [0,b] \times [0,h]##. The professor gave me the following task: Of course there can be many...
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    Frame indifference and stress tensor in Newtonian fluids

    Thanks so much @Chestermiller. For what concerns my "formal" proof on the consequence for frame indifference of taking only the velocity gradient rather than its symmetric part is okay, right?
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    Frame indifference and stress tensor in Newtonian fluids

    Thanks to both of you guys for your helpful answers. @Chestermiller So do you agree with my "formal" argument? I've not been able to find this on the web, nor in the books I have. I can't understand why you say "one would predict a state of stress that depends on the rotation rate of the...
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    Frame indifference and stress tensor in Newtonian fluids

    @caz Could you be more explicit? I'm really sorry but I can't understand what you mean with
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    Frame indifference and stress tensor in Newtonian fluids

    During lecture today, we were given the constitutive equation for the Newtonian fluids, i.e. ##T= - \pi I + 2 \mu D## where ##D=\frac{L + L^T}{2}## is the symmetric part of the velocity gradient ##L##. Dimensionally speaking, this makes sense to me: indeed the units are the one of a pressure...
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    Boundary condition: null traction on the boundary of an elastic block

    Yes, because you used the fact that ##T(-n) = -T(n)##, where now ##n = e_r##. Since ##T e_r = T_{rr} e_r + T_{r \theta} e_{\theta}## and the normal at ##r= r_i## is ##-e_r## we have ## T(-e_r)=-T(e_r)=-T_{rr} e_r - T_{r \theta} e_{\theta}##, as you wrote. I feel like I got it...
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